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Snowdonia marathon 2013
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Right the 2014 thread is started - hope i got the important spelling right.
Looking forward to all the race reports form this year now
Always going to be a PW, but enjoyed today, stopping to chat and run with friends for a while. Managed to get around without straining anything in 3.5x. Tight glutes from 17m made running on the flat or downhill difficult, but fine going uphill! Ran all the way up from Waunfawr for once, but couldn't do the same going down-lol! Just the shock of going from zero miles to 26.2
Good news is I am back! Time to start building again
Off to Y Pantri in a bit
Well done jason glad you made it round!
Still collected fourth bit of slate and will be back next year for # 5
Although it is a brutal race I love it. I love the people that run it. I love everything about it.
See ya next year
I cannot believe I didn't spot you today FR (even without my glasses!). My hammies were cramping up on that climb and my calves were cramping up on the descent - hobbled to the finish (not pretty!)
The Snowdonia Marathon once again showed why it is (in my opinio) the best UK marathon - organised by people who really care! I thought the marshalls and the support were excellent today.
Well done guys
fab race again today - glad I beat the worst of the weather though! 4:14 for me, 4:25 for Mr panad. Really pleased with that time&despite cramping on and off from Rhyd ddu, and especially on the final descent/flat bit in Llanberis I felt good
Thank you SS for the much needed tea, coffees and flapjack post race - restored Mr panad and me enough to stagger back up the hill to fachwen
Cougie.... I don't know what was worse that or the downhill and the gusty winds that followed it.
After an epic journey across from York yesterday after a 3 hour drive turned into a 6 hour drive because of traffic, I managed a reasonably comfortable 3.49. Which was way beyond my expectation. I felt at the end that maybe I could have gone faster one some points because I still felt like I had a fair bit of strength and pace left. Maybe that was just the adrenaline rush at the end. But even after driving back to York, I fell ok. Fingers crossed it will be a good setting stone for next year.
Thank you all for your support and encouragement over the past few weeks. Bring on next year.
Cruel and incredibly long........
HUGE thanks to everyone who stopped to chivvy me along, apologies if i was grumpy or quiet, to be honest i was pooped from the 1st hill onwards. Nurse uniform was hot, hot, hot and no i dont mean in a sexy way.
2:10 to half and 2:40 to the finish got me a 4:50 finish. Happy with time but no desire to repeat it ever again.
Time not great (5h23) but what hey, wasn't looking for a PB.
Managed first half in 2h08 without pushing myself but got slower after Beddgelert. Bwlch y Groes was unrelenting. By that time wind was fairly strong and buffeted?? us around a bit. Legs spent so even final descent was slow.
Revived by few cups of tea and changed into dry clothes, I then got drenched again walking back out to b+b. Dinner with daughter at Peak Restaurant.
Nice to meet WABO, Camlo and Jenf on the run.
Good to have done but right now am in no hurry to sign up for SNOD2014
Oh cross post FR, you obv picked the pace up after you left me.....
Well done JD
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Great day - got the challenge I wanted, especially that final descent!!
Running out of water was a very poor show, though - after 31 years I would've expected that to be right
otherwise a truly super experience, and very happy with my 4:38 time
Very happy with 3.10.14. Great challenging course, crowds very supportive. the climb at 22mile was brutal!
Well done to everyone who took part
Hope all you guys and girls finished in one piece and had enjoyable runs. treatment on knee problem kept me busy for the last two weeks but I made it around in 3:50.
reached the top of the last hill with no more than tight muscles but my calf almost blew up at 24 and I limped down the last section.
great event, my third SNOD, but can someone please send me an application form for my local golf club and prevent me from running any more marathons.
see you in 2016!
Thanks again to organisers and marshals for another superb race
Thoroughly enjoyed the race. There were some nearly broken souls up at the top of mile 24! Great organisation and volunteers/marshals, well done to everyone involved.
2:55 as T Rex predicted for me. Although 2 min 16 sec faster than last year I finished 6 places lower. Race went ok steady to the top of the pass and then gradually caught people all the way around.
Right quad started to tighten about 16 miles followed by the left a few miles later this slowed me down a bit, but not to bad. My only gripe was with the cups. I'm not sure if they left the foil lids on for the people further back, but apart from one drink station they took the lids off. This was like a challenge from the cube. Try to get a 2 inch high cup from someone's hand to your mouth before it is empty. Great race though, well organised and marshalled.
Well done Wilder, that's a cracking time.
This morning my Quads feel rather sorry for themselves, which prevented me enjoying that extra hour in bed. Otherwise I feel not to bad. I hear of people suffering from DOMS. But have any of you ever suffered from Delayed onset chaffing? Because I didn't seem to have any on the course, got changed after SNOD, drove home, jumped in the shower and almost went through the roof with it.
Afternoon all, just checking in now I'm back home. Getting some lunch and race report later.
(((((hugs)))) to Frodo.
well done everyone enjoy a lovely rest today
Legs not too bad here, definitely know I did something yesterday, but can get up&down stairs ok! Ribs are really sore though, which made for an uncomfortable night
What a brilliant marathon! The scenery, the marshalls, the runners were all stars! I stuck to my plan of slow and paced myself well, and ran around the mountain in 4.44, I am SO happy! feeling good today, just a bit achey in the glutes, I blame that last hill. Great to meet up with some of you on route.
will I be back next year? probably not, but I would definitely recommend it as ' a must do' marathon for anybody.
http://www.s4c.co.uk/chwaraeon/e_marathon_eryri.shtml channell S4c tonight at 8:30 for an hour of re run pleasure, with English subtitles.
What a great day, wow all those fast runners sub 4 hrs!! .
My time was almost precisely as last year but a few secondssat 4:59:46. Once again amazing scenery, great cameraderie from runners Marshalas and supporters alike. My goal was to try an knock 10 mins off last time , trying to go steady early on to keep some in reserve for the last hill. My running buddy was going a bit fast for me on the half mile to Pen y Pass so he went ahead and finished at 4:25 - 25min off last year, with Dublin to come he' s flying!
Comparing with last years on garmin connect compare - I was faster early on and slower late on - but still managed to give myself a good talking to after the Waenfawr feed station to try and keep jogging even though slowly - especialy as my walk was very slow. Near the top I stated calculating if I could get under 5 hrs